Belvedere Police Recover Missing Greyhound Bus
Belvedere police recovered a four passenger Greyhound bus missing from the Belvedere station. Chief Robert Huston said an early morning call reported the vehicle missing, and it was found parked atop Belvedere Island. Investigators consider possible pranks by local residents seeking bus service.
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Belvedere
Herores
Robert Huston
Euston
Golden Gate Avenue
Belvedere Island
Thuston
Belvedere Police Chief resigns after service since 1950
Major Robert Huston, Belvedere chief of police since May 1950, resigns effective September 1 with vacancy September 15. Mayor Warner cites mutual agreement and says no acting chief until the September 4 city council meeting. Assistant Chief Paul Stevens will serve during Huston’s two week vacation.
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Belvedere
Robert Huston
Huston
Britton Key
Cluet Hivion
Marine Corps
Warner
Paul Stevens
Marin Musings: Local Talks on Street Repairs and Dog Nuisances
Sausalito city engineer John Oglesby faces residents asking how to access homes during repaving with jokes about parachutes. The council treats it as an individual issue while a Drake High enrollment note reports 436 boys and 380 girls for September 11. Mill Valley weighs a formal dog supervision request after four bites a month and frequent barking complaints.
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Sausalito
John
Oglesby
Alta Mira Hote
Mu! Valley
Thew Pels
Mirtlata Cummings
Mill Valley
Gunn
Misler
John Oglesby
Sausalito Boulevard
Cresent Avenue
Spring Street
Platt Avenue
Cazneau Avenue
Maine Street
Cazneau, Marne
Platt Streets
Crescent
Spring
Gordon Street
Woodward Avenue
Platt
Parliament Backs Iranian Premier Mohammned Mossadegh
Tehran The Iranian Parliament votes confidence in Premier Mohammade Mossadegh for rejecting British settlement terms on the Anglo Iranian oil dispute. Lawmakers urge continued talks before Britain’s negotiator Richard Stokes warned of returning to London if no compromise is reached.
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Tehran
Tran
Mohammied Mossadegh
Britain
Richard Stokes
London
Massadeqt
Strong Note To Reds Drawn Up By Adm Joy
The Allies prepared a strong note, drafted by Vice Adm. Turner Joy, to be delivered to North Korean officers near Kaesong. It responds to Red charges of violation in the five mile neutral zone and weighs on whether armistice or continued war proceeds.
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Adm
Joy
Munsan
Korea
Turner Joy
Misa
United Nations
Kaesong
Tam District Opens With 200 More Students This Year
Tamalpais Union High District expects about 200 more students than last year due to the opening of Sir Francis Drake High School in San Anselmo. Delays from heavy rains and labor shortages push completion of gym and pool until October while classrooms and registration preparations proceed.
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Tamalpais High School
Tamalpais Union
Sir Francis Drake High School
San Anselmo
Willard H. van Dyke
van Dyke
Drake
Chester G. Carlisle
Larkspur
Heather Gardens
Mill Valley
Harry G. Russell
Tamalpais Tugh
Faimg
Car- Hale
Steffen Named Marin County Instruction Supervisor
Arthur H Steffen former Middletown Elementary principal is appointed supervisor of instruction in Marin County Schools by Dr Wallace W Hall to oversee a limited number of elementary schools and assist with physical education programs He and his wife reside at 30 Redwood Drive Ross with three children who will attend local schools this fall
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TAM
Russell
Yam
Cub
Kenneth Carnille
Oakhind Techmiens High School
Francis P. Shafer
Drake
Jen Chak Liebermann
Arthur H. Steffen
Middletown
Wallace W. Hall
Steffen
Eloise Mays
Hall
University of Minnesota
Minnesota
Washington State College
Pullman Wash
Central Washington College
Ellensburg Wash
San Jose State
San Francisco State College
Monticello
Duluth
Minn
Ormond
Fla
Richland
Wash
Daytona Beach
Florida
Washington
Marin County
Redwood Drive
Ross
Charles
Sir Francis Drake High School
Jo-Ann
Judy
Ross School
Fuchsia Show Saturday in San Rafael
Amateur and professional gardeners may compete for top honors at the second annual fuchsia exhibit opening Saturday at 1 p.m. in the Bank of San Rafael Marin branch. Entries must be at the park before noon. Displays include Waltz Gardens Ross Mrs Adalaide Hoake Mil Valley Mr and Mrs Victor Hammond San Rafael and other growers.
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Bank of San Rafael
Marin
American Fuchsia Society
Waltz Gardens
Ross
Adalaide Hoake
Mil Valley
Victor Hammond
Hit Run Crash Probed by San fatel Police
An all-points bulletin seeks a red pick-up truck and driver in a hit and run that struck William W. Murray, 90 Cypress, Fairfax. Murray says the truck swerved into his lane on Lincoln Avenue at 2:30 am, hit his car, and fled. red paint on Murray’s fender noted.
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San Fatel
Wilam W. Murray
Cypress
Fairfax
Lincoln Avenue
Murray
Marin 4 H Club Girls to Appear on TV Show
Five Marin county 4 H Club girls will appear on KRON TV Channel 4 Thursday at 2 30 p m modeling outfits made for the California State Fair. The preview features Carol Powell Chi lena Valley Christine Muzin ich Joyce Kingsley Valerie Schwindt and Virginia Orr with demonstration by Kingsley and Schwindt.
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Marin County
Sausalito Workers Get Raises and Budgets Passed
Sausalito city council approved a $176,369.60 budget with no tax rate increase keeping the rate at $1.35 per $100. Mayor Robert Gunn called it an operational budget, noting a new $1,800 civil defense item and widespread salary raises totaling about $5,000 annually, mainly $25 monthly for department heads and about $20 for workers.
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Sausalito
Ciity
Mavor Robert Gunn
Mill Valley Sets 1951 52 Tax Rate at 2 45
Mill Valley council approved a $2.45 levy for the 1951 52 fiscal year a five cent rise from last year about a two percent increase. The rate will raise roughly $182 337 for the general fund sewer plant operation debt service parks and recreation library and drainage programs.
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Mill Valley
Hurricane Fury Smashes Tampico Killing One Man
Tropical hurricane strikes Tampico causing heavy damage in the Morelos district where a man is reported dead. Weather officials say winds hit 96 miles per hour at 11 am and the worst of the storm eased two hours later.
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Tampico
Mexico
Morelos
The
Weather Bureau
State Joins In Marin's War On Billboards
Marin County Planning Director Mary Gilkey reports progress in removing billboards along highways with cooperation from the state division of highways. The state removed two signs near the Redwood bridge and three more in the deathstrip area of Highway 101 north of San Rafael, with two additional marks set for removal.
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County Planning Commission
Marin
Mary Gilkey
State Division of Highways
Division of Highways
Mill Valley Chamber Postpones Directors Meeting
Lack of quorum forces postponement as Mill Valley Chamber of Commerce directors meeting fails to assemble this morning.
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M.V. Chamber Meeting
Mill Valley Chamber of Commerce
Mill Valley council urges early fix for Alto Wye hazards
In a unanimous vote the Mill Valley city council urged California highway officials to study and urgently correct hazards at the Alto Wye intersection known as a death trap. The measure cites three deaths in seven months and injuries among 10 000 residents who use Alto and Manzanita as the town entrances from Highway 101.
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Mill Valley
California
Alto Wye
Altonye
Manzanita
Alto
Manganita
Smoke from Corte Madera burn stuns motorists on U S 101
Fire Chief Frank Nelson said a controlled burn on Corte Madera grade and Redwood road produced grey black smoke visible from the highway. Motorists diverted off U S 101 to Corte Madera creating traffic jams while the blaze stayed under control. Rain later quelled a lightning sparked smoke near White's Hill on Sir Francis Drake Boulevard.
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U. S. 101
Corte Madera
Frank Nelson
Corte Madera Grade
Redwood Road
Nelson
Marin County
Walt Bascom
Lions Fail to Secure Speaker at Mill Valley Meeting
The Mill Valley Lions club lacked a speaker last night as the scheduled guest could not attend. Members discussed plans to promote queen candidate Maureen Mulcahy and noted the Marin Community Pair contest. President Tad Dibson presided at the city golf club house.
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Mill Valley Lions Club
Maureen Mulcahy
Mill Val
Marin
Lions
Miss Mulcahy
Tad Dibson
City Golf Club
Marin soldier earns nation's second-highest DSC in Korea
First Lt. Richard S. Kotite, former Tamalpais High and College of Marin star, received the Distinguished Service Cross for heroism near Chipyong Ni during a February 1951 assault. He previously earned the Bronze Star. Kotite serves with Company B, 23rd Infantry, 2nd Infantry Division.
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Richard S. Kotite
Tamalpais High School
College of Marin
Korea
James A. van Fleet
Eighth Army
Kotite
S. N. Kotite
Manor Drive
Kentfield
Tamalpais
Army
University of Southern California
23Rd Infantry Regiment
DSC
Chipyongab
Kotita
Marin burglar found guilty in Vernon’s Pharmacy case
A Marin Superior Court jury of nine men and three women found Faul John Jones of San Francisco guilty of attempted burglary at Vernon's Pharmacy in Milk Valley last fall. Verdict followed 45 minutes of deliberation with a probation request sent to the county officer before sentencing. The retrial followed a hung jury in May 3, and Jones’ attorney plans a new trial. He was arrested October 30 while trying to force a rear window.
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Marin
Faul John Jones
San Francisco
Vernon
Milk Valley
Jones
Police Seek Suspects in San Rafael Window Break
San Rafael police are seeking the person or persons who tossed a rock through a window at the home of Mr and Mrs Thomas Farrell 304 Mission asonic San Rafael last night Mrs Farrell heard four cars halt in front of the house followed by the crash and the car sped away The damage was the broken pane and venetian blind
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San Rafael
Thomas Farrell
Mission Asonic
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Chester G Carlisle
Kaersong
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Larkspur School
M.V. Council
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Manzanila
Harrison M. Seppo
Richard Torstenson
Gen. van Fleet
4Irain
M.Y
LE Chateau
Cliff Cox
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